2009-2010 College Basketball Preview

By Scott Burks
The 2009 college basketball season is here --
and yes, I am late as hell with this preview. Today I will give an
overview of who will finish first in their conferences. This preview only consists of the
five
major conferences (SEC, Big
12, ACC, Pac-10, Big East).
The conferences are listed in order of overall
strength.
ACC (the conference of my youth)
1) Duke
2) UNC
3) Clemson
4) Georgia Tech
5) Maryland
6) Wake Forest
7) Florida State
8) Virginia Tech
9) Miami
10) Boston College
11) NC State
12) Virginia
Big East
1) Villanova
2) West Virginia
3) Connecticut
4) Pittsburgh
5) Louisville
6) Georgetown
7) Syracuse
8) Marquette
9) Norte Dame
10) Cincinnati
11) Seton Hall
12) South Florida
13) Providence
14) DePaul
15) Rutgers
16) St. John's
Big Ten (11)
1) Michigan State
2) Ohio State
3) Purdue
4) Minnesota
5) Michigan
6) Illinois
7) Northwestern
8) Indiana
9) Wisconsin
10) Iowa
11) Penn State
Big 12
North Division
1) Kansas
2) Missouri
3) Kansas State
4) Nebraska
5) Colorado
6) Iowa State
South Division
1) Texas
2) Oklahoma
3) Oklahoma State
4) Texas Tech
5) Baylor
6) Texas A&M
Conference champion: Kansas
Pac-10
1) California
2) Washington
3) Oregon
4) Arizona State
5) UCLA
6) Washington State
7) Oregon State
8) Stanford
9) USC
10) Arizona
SEC
East Division
1) Kentucky
2) Tennessee
3) Vanderbilt
4) Florida
5) South Carolina
6) Georgia
West Division
1) Mississippi State
2) Mississippi
3) Arkansas
4) Alabama
5) LSU
6) Auburn
Conference champions: Kentucky
Honorable mention: Look for
Butler and Gonzaga to make some noise for March Madness; Xavier and
Dayton will duke it out for the Atlantic 10 title, with Dayton coming out on
top.

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